A place to find news updates, legal analysis, and all official documents related to the various constitutional challenges to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010)

Monday, February 6, 2012

Private respondents file their briefs in HHS v. Florida (No. 11-398)

The private respondents--the National Federation of Independent Businesses, Kaj Ahlburg, Mary Brown, and the recently added Dana Grimes and David Klemencic--have filed their two brief (due today) in HHS v. Florida (No. 11-398). One addresses the constitutionality of the minimum coverage provision, and the other addresses the applicability of the Anti-Injunction Act.

You can access their brief on the constitutionality of the individual mandate here.

As a reminder, three other briefs are due today: (1) the State Respondents' brief on the minimum coverage provision, (2) the State Respondents' brief on the Anti-Injunction Act, and (3) the United States's brief on the Anti-Injunction Act.